Need help upgrading

TheDurbinator

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Hi all, I'm looking to upgrade my pc, I've had my current one for 2 years now. PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/v4kyHx this is my current build, i am looking to upgrade to this PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pTjPGX basically, what I want to know is, is it worth upgrading to this? Should I get a better gfx card? As I can't be bothered with the bugs I've been getting on most of my games due to having 2 cards, also, how much do you think I should be asking for my current pc? I know they decrease in price a lot second hand. Thank you for your time all!
 
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Not worth it at all, your current CPU and mobo are fine

Just sell the 7870s and that crappy CX PSU and get a GTX 980 and an XFX 550w, job done
I'm liking the sound of that.. I was planning on selling the 2 7870s anyway and getting either a 780ti or a 980 or even a Titan.. I've also over locked my cpu to 4.4ghz aswell. Thanks for your input :)
 

Don't forget the power supply too

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (£451.86 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.79 @ Aria PC)
Total: £498.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-24 12:49 GMT+0000
 

Cheap chinese capacitors and high ripple under load and yes it could be causing your bluescreens, but as you've also mentioned you have overclocked the CPU that could also be causing it

I used to get display driver errors when I had a cheap corsair PSU, they all went away when I upgraded to a quality unit
 

By 'back to stock' you mean you reset the whole bios to default values, right?

Random crashes / freezes can be quite hard to pin down, my first bit of advice to anyone is take your time and don't just throw money at the problem i.e. "It just crashed so I'm going to buy a new motherboard and see if it fixes it"